JULY 17, 1926

THE CHARLUPTETOWN GUARDIAN

fiaiiias HESBYTEBIAN ciiuiicii

CELEBRATES lflilth iuiiiiviaiisliiiv

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enm- ‘ 0f Si. Jillllefl Thfiytgizlildi Clidrob was most Iii- pmi observed lSundaY morning. "B82001; and evening. W119i! ‘mill liafdric occasion was marked gyu-tliree impressive services, con- ducted by the iiiinlster, Rev. W. 3mm, Muir, and ln which Rev. J. g (hrrutliors of Vancouver. Rev. rt J0 ffgeffev. W. Orr Mulligan of Syd- M. imines, also took P8"- Th6 church was suitably decor-

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and ferns, and at each of the three

Rev. W.

l-Iilinburgli, Scotland. :|'l|('tt lliiir; Warmest. (‘llill iiuiiilliiiis

yterliin. (Signed) A. W. WOTHERSHAM, D.D.

Today, the neighbor church of S

linstono of New Glasgow. James is celebrating iii its service the Centenary of its existence as a Presbyterian congratulate our friends sled for the occasion with flowers puss tho centry iiinrk and press on

t0 continued usefulness in the years

congrcgatifiii.

REV. BRUCE MUIR, MINISTER CHURCH

0F $1; JAMES flESBYTEFllAN

si-rvici-s ilioro ivas a. yory largo congregation ilfifbifiill.

At the morning service the iulii- lster read the foloiving telegrams of congratuiatltin sent t'roiii part-i of the world;

Tflifllfflml! of Congratulations i i. (illlfillil. Ont, July ilth, \

ltcv. W. Hriliiu .\iiiir: St. James Church, Charlotte-

town. l’. in‘. l.

llcuriliast. congratulations to liiilli-‘iiwfi Session, and members of Si. Jami-s (‘hurcn oii this historic occasion, the splendid history, the plat-o oi’ lllililltllfl) held and tho fu- ture [iruspi-cts all mean much to

lilfl Presbyterian Church as a

WllOltl. t

(Sgt!) A. J. M30G|LL|VRAY Moderator.

lifmitri-al, Que, July 7, liuv. W. llrucc Muir;

To St. James‘ loyalists, greet- illilll. congratulations, benediction. ilay you begin second Wiill Wisdom of ago and ardour of Wllltll; with confession and tliaiiks- "Milt: for past; with prayer and trust for future; Christ before, ieliliilllz within, helping besides ttiiariling, working for IIim, resting ill Him, growing like Him.

(Sod) EPHRAl-M SCOTT.

Woinhley, Alberta, July 9.‘

iiiil’. W. llruce Muir; ilfllilll! mi" m"

lleiirtfelt congratulations to Si. flililripiiiil‘ the palm iri-c, Jmmm- Church’ “s Minister “m, May (d t'llllllllllt‘ to bless you in Session. May its glorious record "Vlliy if Hm“ "M" 1mm” b“ in ti“, pa“ m, great”, surpassed Mum, o" iviillu and prosperity

Received iii- cannot ho with

ill the days to come. Vllatlon, sorry l

Yllll. Ma H ' h l'.. t bl .~ _ , , , m: m“ Kpolililifiailzullldillgfii e5“ The dsli. .it .ili time services s d T c JAMES w“ 0t special nature and was i I) - - - very wiring. Several beautiful muhflmqwere. roiiilorcil by the

Toronto, Jilly 7th... iiav. W. Bruce Muir: 0n behalf of the Board of lilis- sions ivu send greetings to St. James Church, Charlottetown on the occasion of their ceiiteiiuiiil. ANDREW S. GRANT.

R Sylilmy. N. 5.. av. W. liruco Muir:

Pmlbytery of Capt Breton con- gratulates St. James on their Ceil-

“liar? and wishes her people "m"! illlill-‘ly returns. (Signed)

W- M. McCULLOUGH THOMSON.

llllear River, IN. 11-. July 8th

RW- W. Bruce Muir: in connection with the Centen- nial of St. James tho Presbytery 0f Mlrauilchl sends heartfelt. con- ilrattiistlons and commends the "F1018 0n their loyalty to tho ilellllvmiiitii Church,

(Signed) ALEXANDER CRAISE, Clerk.

Plclou. N. s.. July siii. MV- W- Bruce ‘Muir: “Sincere and hearty congratula- lllls from Plctou Presbytery on occasion of Centenary. (Signed) FRANK BAIRD, Clerk

8t. John, N. 8., Muir:

Presbytery send beari- lwlllrltulltlonl and bel

Rev. W. Bruce 3L John

lest

wliibc

(Signed) .W- M. TOWNOIND, Moderator.

which lie y‘lnrH p"(lvlll‘gfl pace for the mak- lng of hjmul-y 5d the lloiior (Roll of St. _ a" wmph wmyus soil‘ into the fibro u! U“, "ye (“this province. the qualiit larlmiie "i "l" 130i"-

(SL Paul-Sharon Circular.)

“ml SL ‘flies t-tingi-tegailtin in the Utttllt-iitlll iiiiil. no,” “Undue and increase. “m, engjfillltflllfi in Nova Bcotla pl-ppp", y being at Monday's re-

"iuquvyil Presbyttirian College, Moiitrep

p,.,,,,b_\.,,i:iii iiliurch, Belfast:

- dred at Hm“ century Jon,“- VfiLUllPB with

uelohrnyll oi‘ tlii- centennial by St. J:llI]l‘s- May all ivlio have served Gm; Min the portals of St. James h, U“, ist one hundred years be enfihrhll in grateful memory.

"mus", to ilioso ivlioso feet shall “and (iilii lily gates, G011 grant

ills i-iti-‘li

wnhm y palm-es.

C]w“._ "or llio direction of Prof.

,,fl,,.,.,,_- it was with strong feel-

J

be for, ‘One hundred

Jwmeacontalns history

in

iilcrs of oiir'l_'i1ylli‘ Book we ox- en“ m“. grllllfl, "The Lord be

Villl you"

m,“ “rtruco Muir:

Carma] iiigriiliiliiiioiiri tn you it’ tho church's t-i-iitcn- 31/ happiness and useful- Sorry

zi-ption. (Sgd) o. J. FRASER.

(vnngflililllilllfl oi’ St. Johns

the ono hun- of life St. delight the

"av", attained your

T" hi who is now called your

blessing, i-vor remem- rigiitoons shall

R. E. MZICDONALD.

“-u,k|,-;iiiriu were also slllig by him S‘ lionill-rson. Mrs. J. A. Ln“,3m,;iid Ml‘. Ilobert Messer- vy. ‘- g J. S. Carruthers

m.‘ (Willa-rs, preaching at the nl|H-"|m;'l‘\'ll'0, referred to the wlpgrn‘ that. tho congregation "m; juillviiftl, and said that he hrnnuhcll‘ to thoui also, one that ‘mum v- possibly be like unto the

m“ ‘mp.- stood in the pulpit of SL Juyi, as his association with “s (.°l'l‘_i-;ilil(l|l roiiclii-fl back a

'. Life was now wester- w him. nnd ll was not likely {hm would again sec these "um; again speak from this pul- p“ »- brought a message to this can atlou, a message from their m; lltl his. lit was the text, no ullowshlps with the Father, “nil!!! the Son. Jesus Christ".

long lug

Th ieaker said be wished to of the inner nature and the n1 things of life, and asked m arers to walk with him fill- “,- ly, in the Garden of God: w: with him at the some flow- er notice its color and aroma. out word of the passnsil B91‘

5D Bil

gas tho text was the word not ship." The apostle Jobu

m, forgot the supremacy 0i C but it was an lnterestlnl at he never spoke of Chfilli rd. but nlwlys alon! "l!" 0i ial friendship. Wllflll I

Oil Centenary reached ,;iii.iil'iiii,v, Pres-

We as they

ed of the remark of a well-known

leader in national life and lltera

most desired, answered, 'A friend.

of God?

tin common with ii-iini. Fellow

er, responsibility.

wanted to say. thought God must. be careful and restrair Pt], and the speaker said that even after fifty-two years in the mill!!- ry he sometimes inquired or him- self whether lils_ eommunilll Wit-ll (lod was not still restrained. Con- versation with God reached its best when alone will lilm. The Christian could tell God his grlefs, dinibls and fears, nld God took the grains out of thi-l friendship and blew away the dlflii’. COHVBPBH- no“ with Him vas returned to the eoinmuiiicanb Ticilel‘ 11nd more romprelienslre then before. .1)|- Cuffylilerti, ln cOIlCllIBiOD, wmhed u, say one word to his hgargrg as a congregation, and ,1,.,,i|nq.r to speak it with all free- dom, They must always have fel- [Qwgfip with each other, inside nnqoutslde the Church. This thx/ should recognize ln all its n; ity. it had not always been pat a Chrlstlaii was merely a be- iever in a faith. in the days of Rome he was the member of s. band or society. This was what the world always had needed, and what it needed now, a society like that of the early Christians. There slept here, said the speak- er, millly whom the had loved. and uiauy whom the congregation liud loved also. But the new day and the new life were theirs, and iio asked them to face it with this thought, that they had a friend in Jesus Christ, and that they could face the future safely with such a friend. . Dr. Robert Johnston

speaking at the special afternoon service to the ilifferent organizations of the church, expressed the pleasure. he felt in being associated with the centenary services of St. James. One hundred years was a very long time, and no doubt during that time the Church had had its ups and downs, its achievements and its trials. it was a pleasure for the speaker to be present on this occasion for several reasons. First because of tilie Church itself. in the Province of Prince Edward ‘is- land the churches were character- istic as being types ‘by themselves, and the Church of St. James held a unique place in this Province. The speaker was glad to be pre- sent because of the foninor minist- ers of this church with whom he had been associated and whom he had intimately known. Two of them liud alsobeen present today and he had been closely acquaint- ed with another who had gone. stimeliow when‘ the speaker thought of St. James Church he also thought of the late Rev. Di‘. ifullerton. Dr. Fullerton had bean a man of wonderful head and heart. Tho speaker was also pleased lo be present on account of tibo present minister. He had known Mr. Muir since he had come from Scotland, and had been very intimately associated with him. He knew his faith and devotion of spirit. He had the qualities nec- essary to make the work in this congregation a very great success. Presbyterlaus should remember that their church had just passed through a great crisis, and they should understand its present posi- tion. They should know some- thing of the work it was trying to do. The speaker desired to say that during this period of crisis they ihad discovered a. wonderful spirit of iinlty in the church at large, and bad received much kindness from other congregations. He referred particularly to the Angli- csu and Baptist churches, and said the Presbyterian Church would never forget -how these de- nominations had helped lt. They did not take sides lad he thought that this congregation should know of those things sud appre- clate them. Tlbere was evident a beautiful unity ‘of spirit, even though separate l other ways. in the work of any church, could be expressed in three great phases, Foreign and Home Mis- sions, and work amongst the young-people. in foreign mission work the Continuing Presbyterian Church had not yet been able to get fields of its own. The breth- ren who had gone into the United Church hsd kept on this work, and the Presbyterian Church had not. yet other fields assigned to lt. If the speaker thought the Church which is to continue was not go- ing to enter into foreign million work. he did not know that he would want to belong to lt. Every Presbyterian Church under the sun had tried to keep His coin- mand "Go ye liito all the world and preach His word." Today the Home Mission Work of the Presbyterian Church wot quite extensive. The people in general didn't know what a great problem the lack of mlniaterl had been. or how hard it was to set the ordinary of religion to the out- lying fields. But they were work- ing hard and getting ministers one by one. God was supplying the men. Dr. Grant. Secretary of the Mll- slon Board, hld recently sold tihlt iii proportion to its silo, the Prslbyterlln Church vol dollll more Home Million work in Welt-

Dr. Johnston,

glen olme to know that word u lied him with the deepest

era Onnldl than y other church. Sonia might hlvo d that the

ture, who when asked what be

The word "fellowship" could be termed in a variety of ways, but what was it to have the fellowship lit was to have all things

ship was communion or partner- ship, implying in one sense privil- ege and friendship, and on the oth- How many friends had any man to whom be might pour out his whole heart? Very few. Christians were given that privilege to say to God any- thing and evcrybhlng their souls it was too often that conversations with

oroiwuiy, laid the weached, gave

iii Western Canada, but, wtlilla ll wll trim that it had lost more in proportion than in the East, never-

llue rubbing-from Bermuda and Newfoundland right across the Continent to Vancouver island Statistics showed that at the pre- sent time the Presbyterian Church had 155,000 ooanmuuicant mem- bers. But it must be remembered that those wereu‘t many outlying congregations which had not been . properly organized had, not been heard from. ‘Illie speaker believ- ed. and he was conservative in his opinion, that lu time it would be discovered that the Presbyterian Church had been just divided in two by the union. He was quite

correct.

passing

women of t-he future church. chef lbuslness of the church was to train up its boys and girls so that they would have e vital con- nection with the church and Jesus Christ. There was no other work in the world like that and the speaker would apply to parents particularly, to be mindful of their teaching and their example.

‘Au appeal should be sounded for young people to enter the iuilnllytry The problem of getting lmlnlsters was not one of today, but one for ten years hence. The dream of every Scottish home had been that one of the boys would enter the ministry, and it was a proud day for the father and mother when their son stood in the pulpltdfor the first time. The ministry was a work than wliloh there was none finer in all the world.

This then, was the work the oliurch was trying to do, but the one thing that was noodtul in the church today, in the ministry and lu the daily, was unselflshness. There was a danger of people want- lnglniore from the church than they were ready to put into lt. In the holy land were two bodies of wat- er, the Sea of Galilee, and the Dead Sea. The first had luxur- iant vegetation ‘but the district about the other was hardly better than arid desert. One thing was peculiar about each, Galileo had streams running into it, but had slsoa river flowing out of lt. There was no outlet to the Dead ea. One received, lbnt also gave and it was a thing of beauty. The other did not give, and it was dead. God had ‘many blessings for His Church, but. He expected to get as well as to give. In the world were three divine institutions at work the home, the church, and the state. He did not include the BVJIOO], for it was prio- perly an auxiliary of these three. Each one was distinct, although in the days of tihe Jews the church and state had been one. The home was the first and most im- portaut, and as such it should be sanctified. ~lt was said that the day of the family altar was pass- ing away. This was regrettable. and an effort should be made to revive it. The Church was undoubtedly a greet clvlllzlng agency and every patriotic citizen should support it

by his prayers and presence. If the churches of this island all closed down, in a few years it

would not be safe to walk ln the streets of this city. These three institution colla- breated, but nevertheless remained district. it was not t-he business of one to interfere with the other. The speaker was not at all sym- pathetic with the idea of the church interfering with the state, but it was the ibusiness of the church to train up men of char- acter and principle. who would take their place in the state. Canada had the very finest type of citizen in public life today. The speaker lied not them, and lis knew what lklnd of citizens they

were. ‘llhls church. concluded the speaker, bears an honored name

that of St. James the Apoitle. Each of the disciples had certain char- acteristics, so had ‘St. James. H9 was among the special three who were closes‘ to the Master, and wilio were known as men of 291i- St. James was a man of zeal. a inan who threw his whole energy into his work. He wasn't a talker. but a worker. The speak- er would ask the congregation of St. James to imitate that great apostle. St. James’ one weakness was his intolerance, some people hadn't convictions enough to be intolerant. Christian people ‘must have convictions and if they were put down as intolerant they could- n't holp lt. At the some time they should be kindly disposed toward the opinions of others.

Rev. W. Orr Mulligan

Preaching at the evening service, Rov. W. Orr Mulligan laid that to the congratulations that bad ai- rsady been extended to the mlu- ister and members of St. James’ Church on. the successful _comple- blou of its first century, be wished to add those of the senior Trashy- tei-llan Church of Sydney. It was the wish of that body that. lu the future, as in the put, God would bless and keep 5t. James’ Church. Hll text was taken from Deuteron- omy 62:97, “GOd h the Dvvellllls Place. and Underneath the Ever- lasting arms. The author 0f Deut-

a message that was universal. Oui- ldllns. ll the Children of ilriiol, were the descendants of immi- grantnThe llroelltea had new bop- el, new aspirations, new ideals and were seeking a freedom that had been denied. them. ‘lliey bal’ gone out. into the wilderness that they lilgbt live thou-own liven. One of the ouhtqndlug idols of Deuteronomy vvla that the love of God wan» the driving hue of hu- manity. when men loolht equity. justice, integrity. philanthropy, and IGIIPOIiI-Y» illn- fonnd. it in God. Deuteronomy III the book of l personal, liid thorefom of a liliivlrlwl. Million DUODIQ-‘Illo hld hooiiacolstomoddo-baiilult (ladle their time of- trouble. - They hi!

thoieu fliers Mal an unbroken

confident that t-lils estimate was

Nothing was more important to the church than the work amongst the young. The old generation was away, and the boys and girls would become the men bad T. e

LL44‘ a

ST. JAMtES PRESBYTERlAN 0 a

ITS 100th CENTENNARY LAST SUNDAY +vv~

H unci-i wiiici-i CELEBRATED t

.overy issue that came up. Today -God was often forgotten, but when

troubles bore down heavily, he was

man's only hope of comfort and lleace. Mun had found that he ‘couhln’t do without God. if men were to have the benefit of His re-

‘fuga and strength, they must keep

tlod in their minds.

it was a far cry from the hills of Palestine to the speakers own hills of Cape Breton, and it was a ,far cry from the shorcspf the Mediterranean to the huge sound- illl; swells of the Atlantic Ocean as lt rolled on the rock bound coast of a new Scotla. But ln spite of the rush and heartlessness of modern industry, men still turned to God.

The men in the irilnes, those who did not turn to communism, often found relief for their trouble in religion,

in concluding, the speaker re- ierred to the phrase that helped win the war, “carry on". 1n the same way, the word that the Church should adopt as its watch- word was "Forward". if Christians went forward steadfastly and stead lly according to l-ils Word, all would be well in the future as it had been in the past.

O U I

The Garden -Party and reception held iMonday afternoon at Edse- wster the private residence ot‘ his Honor the ‘Lieutenant Governor and. Mrs. Heartz in connection with the centennial celebration of St. James Church, was a brilliantly successful function. The weather was ideal, the spacious lawn with its velvety grass freshened by the morning showers, the majestic trees, the picturesque waterfront all mods up a. scene of indescrib- able lovellness. There was a large attendance, probably between three and four hundred people liicludlng members of the congregation and a number of their friends. On ar- rival the guests were welcomed by Hts Honor Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Heart: and Rev. Mr. Muir and Mrs. Muir. .

From the reception rroom the company strolled out to the lawu and verandas where chairs were provided. The tea tables with their dainty refreshments were very at- tractive and from these afternoon tea. was graciously served by the ladies of the congregation assisted in serving by the younger members iAn hour was delightfully spent in social intercourse and renewing of many old friendships, strangers being present from many parts of the Province and outside points. About tlve o'clock iRev. Mr. Muir acting as chairman announced iu fl short but happy address that ills Honor the Lieutenant Governor had graciously consented to address the gathering. Incidentally Mr. Muir said that he knew of no more de- lightful spot for such a function as this, than the beautiful grounds so kindly placed at their disposal by l-lls Honor. He could not fully ex- press his gratitude for the kindness shown by the Governor and his lady. He then called upon his Hou- oi- the Illllfllllflll Governor, who spoke as follows: l

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of the people of Prince Edward island, I feel that I voice their sentiments in congratulating the Presbyterian: of the Province, and especially of the City of Char- lottetown, on tlill notable Centen- nial Celebration, l believe it is the second church Centenary yet held here. .